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Celebration of Life for Susan Strausberg
Susan Strausberg was a Tech Ranch mentor and one of the people who made the Austin technology community what it is. Her family is hosting a virtual Celebration of Life, and everyone who knew her is welcome.
Sunday, August 16, 2026, 3:00 to 4:30 PM CT (Zoom room open until 5:00 PM).
Register in advance: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/u3UbHYG4SlKlYcSiMZjH5w
Susan co-founded EDGAR Online in 1995 and served as CEO for thirteen years. EDGAR Online was the first commercial internet distributor of SEC-based financial information, and it did something that still matters: it took data that had been locked away for professionals and put it in reach of everyone else. That is democratizing access to information, and she was doing it before most people understood why it was important. RR Donnelley acquired the company in 2012.
She moved from New York to Austin in 2010 and co-founded 9W Search. She showed up for this community over and over, on panels, in programs, and as a mentor to founders who needed someone who had actually been through it. She was a Springboard Enterprises alumna and spent a career opening doors for women in an industry that was not opening them on its own.
Long before any of that, she edited and published The Women’s Guide to Books, a two volume catalog of works by notable women, with a board of consultants that included Gloria Steinem, Joan Ganz Cooney, and Nora Ephron.
Her daughter Laura is convening friends and family from every chapter of her life, childhood through EDGAR Online, film, Austin, and Ledgestone, to share memories and stories. Come listen, laugh, and remember with us.
If you have a memory or story of Susan, Laura is collecting them ahead of time at Laura_J_Strausberg@Hotmail.com.
DivInc is naming its Women in Tech Accelerator in her honor. She spent her life opening doors for women, and now her name is on one of them. In lieu of flowers, gifts in her memory can go to DivInc: Donate here.
Her Tech Ranch mentor page is still live at techranchaustin.com/mentors/susan-strausberg/.